book reviews
Conflagration
by Mick Farren
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2022.05.09
Worlds of Exile and Illusion
by Ursula K. Le Guin
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2022.01.17
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars
by Jaclyn Moriarty
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2021.09.26
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone
by Jaclyn Moriarty
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2021.08.17
Explorers on Black Ice Bridge
by Alex Bell
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2021.07.23
The Forbidden Expedition
by Alex Bell
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2021.06.26
👍🏽 recommended
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2021.06.21
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
The Polar Bear Explorer's Club
by Alex Bell
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2021.06.02
The Other Wind
by Ursula K. le Guin
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2021.02.26
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
Tales from Earthsea
by Ursula K. le Guin
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2021.01.29
👍🏽 recommended
Tehanu
by Ursula K. le Guin
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2020.12.16
👍🏽 recommended
Genki II
by Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Yutaka Ohno, Chikako Shinagawa, and Kyoko Tokashiki
genre: Language
reviewed: 2020.10.13
👍🏽 recommended
The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes
by Jack M. Bickham
genre: Writing
reviewed: 2020.05.23
👍🏽 recommended
Enterprise Architecture As Strategy
by Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, David C. Robertson
genre: Computer Technology
reviewed: 2020.04.03
Humans
by Tom Phillips
genre: History
reviewed: 2020.02.12
👍🏽 recommended
Creative People Must Be Stopped
by David A. Owens
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2019.12.22
👍🏽 recommended
The Phoenix Project
by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2019.09.12
👍🏽 recommended
The Tombs of Atuan
by Ursula K. le Guin
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2018.10.06
👍🏽 recommended
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. le Guin
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2018.06.29
👍🏽 recommended
Dungeon World
by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel
genre: Game
reviewed: 2018.01.12
👍🏽 recommended
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
genre: Fiction
reviewed: 2017.08.03
👍🏽 recommended
Misbehaving
by Richard H Thaler
genre: Autobiography
reviewed: 2017.01.18
👍🏽 recommended
IT Security Risk Control Management
by Ray Pompon
genre: Computer Technology
reviewed: 2016.12.12
👍🏽 recommended
The Ontarget Board Member
by by Michael Conduff, Carol Gabanna, Catherine Raso
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2016.05.08
The Teleportation Accident
by Ned Beauman
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2016.04.12
👍🏽 recommended
Risk Savvy
by Gerd Gigerenzer
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2016.03.20
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
Implementing Enterprise Risk Management
by John Fraser, Betty Simkins
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2015.11.13
Managers Not MBAs
by Henry Mintzberg
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2015.06.18
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy
by Harvard Business Review
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2015.06.05
Enterprise Risk Management
by John Fraser, Betty Simkins
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2015.05.31
Rich Dad Poor Dad
by Robert T. Kiyosaki
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2015.01.21
👎🏽 avoid!
Strategy Execution
by Andrew MacLennan
genre: Autobiography
reviewed: 2014.11.26
👍🏽 recommended
Intelligent Internal Control and Risk Management
by Matthew Leitch
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2014.09.21
👍🏽 recommended
All You Need To Know About Action Research
by McNiff J. and Whitehead, J.
genre: Social Science
reviewed: 2014.08.04
The Good Research Guide
by Martyn Denscombe
genre: Social Science
reviewed: 2014.06.04
The Essentials of Strategy
by Harvard Business Review
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2014.04.14
Educational Research
by Robert Johnson and Larry Christensen
genre: Social Science
reviewed: 2014.02.16
Smart Choices
by John Hammond, Ralph Keeney, Howard Raiffa
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2014.01.18
👍🏽 recommended
X Saves the World
by Jeff Gordinier
genre: Social Science
reviewed: 2013.09.04
Operational Leadership
by Andrew Spanyi
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2013.07.13
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
On Change Management
by Harvard Business Review
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2013.06.29
👍🏽 recommended
Accounting for Non-Accountants
by Wayne A. Label
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2013.06.07
👍🏽 recommended
Accounting Made Simple
by Mike Piper
genre: Autobiography
reviewed: 2013.05.14
The Price Of Civilization
by Jeffrey Sachs
genre: Science
reviewed: 2013.03.03
Bootstrapping Design
by Jarrod Dysdale
genre: Business (Marketing)
reviewed: 2013.01.17
👍🏽 recommended
Brand (It ain't the logo)
by Ted Matthews and Andris Pone
genre: Business (Marketing)
reviewed: 2013.01.14
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
Freedom from Fear
by Payton Quinn
genre: Social Science
reviewed: 2012.11.12
The Failure of Risk Management
by Douglas W. Hubbard
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2012.10.08
👍🏽 recommended
The Startup Owner's Manual
by Steve Blank & Bob Dorf
genre: Autobiography
reviewed: 2012.08.03
👍🏽 recommended
The Ten-Day MBA
by Steven Silbeger
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2012.06.05
Getting Past No
by William Ury
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2012.05.23
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
Understanding Michael Porter
by Joan Magretta
genre: Business (Marketing)
reviewed: 2012.05.17
👍🏽 recommended
Water Storage
by Art Ludwig
genre: How-to
reviewed: 2012.01.03
Comedy Writing Secrets
by Mel Helitzer, Mark Shatz
genre: Writing
reviewed: 2011.10.05
Montreal's 25 Best
by Tim Jepson
genre: Travel Guidebooks
reviewed: 2011.08.30
👍🏽 recommended
Exploring Old Montreal
by Alan Hustak
genre: Travel Guidebooks
reviewed: 2011.08.30
👍🏽 recommended
Exploring Manitoulin (Third Edition)
by Shelley J. Pearen
genre: Travel Guidebooks
reviewed: 2011.08.30
👍🏽 recommended
The Fourth Turning
by William Strauss, Neil Howe
genre: History
reviewed: 2011.05.13
👍🏽 recommended
Their Master's War
by Mick Farren
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2011.03.11
Delivering Happiness
by Tony Hsieh
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2010.10.25
👍🏽 recommended
Emergency Food Storage and Survival Handbook
by Peggy Layton
genre: How-to
reviewed: 2010.09.05
👍🏽 recommended
The Tipping Point
by Malcolm Gladwell
genre: Social Science
reviewed: 2010.06.11
👍🏽 recommended
Levels: The Host
by Peter Emshwiller
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2010.06.06
Power and Influence
by John P. Kotter
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2010.03.24
👍🏽 recommended
The Essential Drucker
by Peter F. Drucker
genre: Business (Management)
reviewed: 2009.09.29
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
10 Temples on 2 Wheels
by Vicki. L. Beyer
genre: Travel Guidebooks
reviewed: 2009.08.04
👍🏽 recommended
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
by Bobby Henderson
genre: Science
reviewed: 2009.07.26
Desolation Road
by Ian McDonald
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2009.07.21
Supercontinent
by Ted Nield and E. W. Nield
genre: Science
reviewed: 2009.05.31
Line by Line
by Claire Kehrwald Cook
genre: Writing
reviewed: 2008.12.05
The Copywriter's Handbook
by Robert W. Bly
genre: Writing
reviewed: 2008.11.25
The No-Cry Sleep Solution
by Elizabeth Pantley
genre: Film
reviewed: 2008.11.05
👍🏽 recommended
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
genre: Fiction
reviewed: 2008.06.30
👍🏽 recommended
Spook Country
by William Gibson
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2008.06.23
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman
genre: Science
reviewed: 2008.04.05
👍🏽 recommended
A Short History of Progress
by Ronald Wright
genre: History
reviewed: 2007.11.02
👍🏽 recommended
Feersum Endjinn
by Iain M. Banks
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2007.09.26
Rising Sun
by Michael Crichton
genre: Fiction
reviewed: 2007.04.11
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus
genre: Philosophy
reviewed: 2007.02.09
Wrong about Japan
by Peter Carey
genre: Autobiography
reviewed: 2006.08.13
How Soccer Explains the World
by Franklin Foer
genre: Social Science
reviewed: 2006.04.19
April Fool
by William Deverell
genre: Fiction
reviewed: 2006.03.27
👍🏽 recommended
Kindling
by Mick Farren
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2006.03.16
Hell's Angels
by Hunter S. Thompson
genre: Social Science
reviewed: 2005.09.15
👍🏽 recommended
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
by Robert A. Heinlein
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2005.07.06
👎🏽 avoid!
The Party's Over
by Richard Heinberg
genre: Social Science
reviewed: 2005.04.19
👍🏽 recommended
Consider Phlebas
by Iain M. Banks
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2005.03.18
👍🏽 recommended
Hope's Last Home
by Tony Rees
genre: History
reviewed: 2005.03.18
The Math Gene
by Keith Devlin
genre: Science
reviewed: 2004.11.03
👍🏽 recommended
Tao Te Ching
by Ursula K. Le Guin (Lao Tzu)
genre: Philosophy
reviewed: 2004.08.15
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
Resurgence
by Charles Sheffield
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2004.07.22
The Mythical Man-Month
by Frederick Brooks
genre: Computer Technology
reviewed: 2004.06.20
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
The Coasts of Canada: a History
by Lesley Choyce
genre: History
reviewed: 2004.04.24
👍🏽 recommended
Bellwether
by Connie Willis
genre: Fiction
reviewed: 2004.03.26
👍🏽 recommended
The Te of Piglet
by Benjamin Hoff
genre: Philosophy
reviewed: 2004.01.10
The Tao of Pooh
by Benjamin Hoff
genre: Philosophy
reviewed: 2003.12.27
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
Hardwired
by Walter Jon Williams
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2003.11.22
👍🏽 recommended
Nightside City
by Lawrence Watt-Evans
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2003.08.24
👍🏽 recommended
Pattern Recognition
by William Gibson
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2003.06.20
👍🏽 recommended
Leonardo: The First Scientist
by Michael White
genre: Biography
reviewed: 2003.05.04
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
Burning Chrome
by William Gibson
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2003.04.16
👍🏽 recommended
Phylogenesis
by Alan Dean Foster
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2002.09.27
The Long Orbit
by Mick Farren
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2002.07.19
👍🏽 recommended
Why People Believe Weird Things
by Michael Shermer
genre: Science
reviewed: 2002.06.10
Magician
by Raymond E. Feist
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2002.03.28
The Basic Book of Photography
by Tom Grimm and Michele Grimm
genre: Photography
reviewed: 2002.03.11
👍🏽 recommended
Frommer's: Australia From $50 a Day
by Marc Llewellyn
genre: Travel Guidebooks
reviewed: 2002.01.15
👍🏽 recommended
Ganwold's Child
by Diann Thornley
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2001.12.20
Boneheads and Bastards
by Will Ferguson
genre: History
reviewed: 2001.07.15
👍🏽 recommended
O Pioneer
by Frederick Pohl
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2001.07.02
Chaos Comes Again
by Wilhelmina Baird
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2001.06.12
The Player of Games
by Iain M. Banks
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2001.05.30
👍🏽 recommended
Building Intelligent Databases with Oracle PL-SQL Triggers and Stored Procedures (2nd ed)
by Kevin T. Owens
genre: Computer Technology
reviewed: 2001.05.09
Confessions of a Cineplex Heckler
by Joe Queenan
genre: Film
reviewed: 2001.05.03
👍🏽 recommended
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2001.04.23
The German Century
by Michael Stuermer
genre: History
reviewed: 2001.04.23
👍🏽 recommended
The Global Me
by G. Pascal Zachary
genre: Social Science
reviewed: 2001.04.23
Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande
genre: Writing
reviewed: 2001.01.09
👍🏽 recommended
John Hedgecoe's 35mm Photography
by John Hedgecoe
genre: Photography
reviewed: 2000.12.06
👍🏽 recommended
Stealing Fire from the Gods
by James Bonnet
genre: Writing
reviewed: 2000.12.03
How To Write a Novel
by John Braine
genre: Writing
reviewed: 2000.12.03
👍🏽 recommended
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
genre: Fiction
reviewed: 2000.11.05
👍🏽 recommended
Writing Science Fiction that Sells
by Ben Bova
genre: Writing
reviewed: 2000.08.06
Cryptonomicon
by Neil Stephenson
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2000.07.01
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
Core PHP programming
by Leon Atkinson
genre: Computer Technology
reviewed: 2000.06.23
MySQL and mSQL
by Randy Jay Yarger
genre: Computer Technology
reviewed: 2000.06.23
Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
genre: Fantasy
reviewed: 2000.03.17
👍🏽 recommended
Against A Dark Background
by Iain M. Banks
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2000.03.10
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
Inversions
by Iain M. Banks
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 2000.02.18
👍🏽 recommended
The Fiji Handbook
by David Stanley
genre: Travel Guidebooks
reviewed: 2000.01.05
👍🏽 recommended
'Tis
by Frank McCourt
genre: Autobiography
reviewed: 1999.10.01
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
by D. T. Suzuki
genre: Philosophy
reviewed: 1999.08.07
A Monk Swimming
by Malachy McCourt
genre: Autobiography
reviewed: 1999.07.23
👍🏽 recommended
Other Worlds
by Michael D. Lemonick
genre: Science
reviewed: 1999.07.13
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
genre: Autobiography
reviewed: 1999.07.05
👍🏽 recommended
Freeware
by Rudy Rucker
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 1999.06.07
👍🏽 recommended
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 1999.01.15
👍🏽👍🏽 a favorite!
The Seraphim Rising
by Elisabeth Devos
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 1998.11.08
👎🏽 avoid!
Friday
by Robert A. Heinlein
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 1998.09.06
👎🏽 avoid!
The Memory of Earth
by Orson Scott Card
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 1998.08.27
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
genre: Sci-Fi
reviewed: 1998.06.06
